Okay so i tested my sawed off FX maverick today ( 700 to 600 mm )
And i will have to admit so far not a success, clearly i have a issue as groups are erratic, with a few really bad " fliers "

SO as i am not the surrendering kind, i have restored both barrels to a clean end, and i am now ready to proceed with trying ghetto crowning once again, and this time i will try others solutions VS the one i came up with myself.

Not able to blame my groups on the weather, it was excellent range weather.

Still think it is a crown issue VS saying that a FX barrel with no choke are not at all able to shoot, i am quite sure it should at least be able to shoot better than what i saw today, i just have to do a better job.


PS: i have looked at prices for a 600 mm Heavy barrel, but i would prefer to save those money for other things.

PPS. when not throwing erratics the STD FX liner was able to put dents / holes in a Metal plate 134 yards away and within acceptable distance of aim ( 2 " ), but it for sure was a POI chase.

Feeling frisky, so i think tomorrow i will bring the Maverick to the range and do some more testing in its sawed off state ( 700 mm to 600 mm )
Also need to redo the business end of the Heavy barrel, though crowning it will have to wait until i get home.

Not bringing any of the really heavy stuff, i think i will test with 13 grain i know very well performance of in 700 mm form, but i do also have some 16 grain in the ammo box if i like what i see.

Peashooters pruning service hard at work.

The branch i started working on Saturday have now fallen.




The fallen was swiftly propped up, so additional pruning can be done.




3 pieces cut to size for convenient removal, or compost,,,,, probably the latter.



Peashooters pruning service do not stop before big yellow friend leave..

Thanks to wise counsel, I blocked a person that hides thier destructiveness behind a thin veneer of helpfulness. It's nice to be free from oppression.

RIP Cutie

2003-2024



She went peacefully this afternoon at home with us.

Not sure if this will work, but here goes.

For the last few years a group of us have been holding monthly funshoots.
Not everyone is on all the various forums, FB, or other sites, so I am posting the main link to our little gathering here for this forum.


The current dates are posted at the end of the thread.
Everyone is invited and those who wish to attend may either make contact through that thread or message me here.

FINNALY getting SWMBO's she-shed heat for the winter!

Putting carpet squares in the shop today! $0.75 each for 24"x24" squares.

Loving it!

If you play video games. This is a game every airgun enthusiast should play.

Airguns are a learning curve..lol I have been getting terrible accuracy with my Chazsel .222 12 twist barrel.. Long story short i got another one... And half 45 grain .222 hitting sideways at 10 yards..Anything heavier 55 grain every slug side ways... I guess you need 7-9 twist..

Wow, sometimes you just gotta sit back and tell yourself things will get better.

Thursday night my two work buddies and I went to the local lake to chase catfish and drift around on the pontoon. This was going to be the last trip of the summer (my first trip, for reasons...) It rained buckets on us, it threw lightning at the hills, the wind blew us around despite 2 anchors rigged. We decided to cut our losses and go home about midnight. At the dock, I dropped my phone into the lake.

Ploop! . Nothing to be done but go home and get the 250# magnet and try to get lucky. 2 more hours of rain, wind and cussing made no difference. Phone has gone to the Great Motorola in the sky.

The insured cost to replace it was a $100.00 deductible. The Vendor overnight shipped and arrived today. It's pulling down my contacts and text messages from the cloud. Still not happy about it, but it is getting better.

I don't really like fish all that much - I will stick to squirrel and rabbits. And that is why i have the ATV and Jeepy instead of a boat.

Church got hit by lightning.

Note the build year on it, 1123, and that's not even the oldest church here, in use too i believe.
I do wonder why they have not made the two 1 numbers alike, but trust me its not 1723



Parts of it is "new " 1371 - 1450.

Aside for ghetto fixing a snowpeak today.
I also managed to pull quite a few old obsolete wires from my car, shuffle around 1 piggy back fuse adapter for my hard wire setup, so i can draw more power when charging.
Remove a lot of power sockets in my glove box, and replacing them with a power source instead, so one of my cameras do not have to leech on the little battery in my little car while parked.
Not a huge power pack, none of them really are as is, but as i only use parking guard for 4 hours on timer it is just fine, the rest is up to permanent CCTV equipment.

Seven bundles of mixed hardwood is laid up under the lean-to, 14,000lbs so far. Another 7 bundles go into the wood shed. Feeling healthy and pain free! Good fall so far.

This has been a Sad Month for us. We lost Sophie 4 weeks ago, andToday we Lost Fiona our Sheep Dog. She lost the use of Her hindlegs. We took her for Xrays but the Dr said it was just age and Bad Arthitus. So we had to put her down since the Quality of life was Gone. But We will never forget these Wonderful Girls! We will always Love you!

Did one of my plate capture videos today.
The 70mai A810 do just fine capturing front plates on oncoming cars at highway speeds.

I miss having a lathe at my place..Long story short I think im going to buy another used metal lathe..My friend loves my Jet13x40 and he does too much beautiful custom work it. Looking on marketplace I saw some nice lathes for sale. The 13x40 jet is great for light work but not heavy turning. So ill get at least a 13x40 or maybe bigger...I,ve only run chinese lathe's..Maybe find a nice old american lathe. I miss doing barrels on the late nights when sleep isn't a option.. I just got a Teslong digital borescope and wow is it good. Much better than my old Hawkeye borescope..Getting my old interest going again.. Thanks for your support

And next in the hit parade... A Cox Bushmaster from 1975. The motor is locked up and it needs a new rudder. I have a few spare engines but I doubt I'll ever run it. It's way too noisy. I had a bunch of different ones. Good times while getting hearing damage...

I have a runable Testors P40 as well. Gotta find the right kid to give them to (along with some earplugs).

It, too, lives! It's a Wilesco D5. It does need a gasket or two. The knocking you hear is the base rattling on the grill. It's slightly bent. Now to figure out the horsepower.

A little more searching turned up the original. From Christmas of '73, I think. Still in the box with the instructions. It's a little rough and was seized up, but a little oil freed up the fly wheel. Decades spent in a damp basement have taken their toll. It runs at a much higher rpm than the other one, iirc. It will be fun to find out exactly how fast it goes.

It lives! I was able to line the fuel-tray with foil and use some candle wax with a paper-towel wick to add heat. The rpms are a bit lower than I remember, but I guess the governor has something to do with that. The cats don't care for it and the dogs don't know what to think.

I ran across this at my folks' house yesterday. It's been a lot of years since it's been run. I used to love those things. Thinking I'll clean it up and get it going. Now where did I put that erector set?

Its that time of year again! 48,000 pounds of mixed hardwood destined for the wood boiler, needs to get cut to 22" pieces and hauled to the woodshed and lean-to.

First time ever, the boys are coming up to make a "wood day" happen!! 20 long cords of wood in one day!!

New WR, okay hurling pointy sticks and not lead.



21 YO Danish kid 13 X in 15 arrows. all 15 of course 10s
Old record of 12 X stood for 9 years.

Seem like i have caught a new addiction.
Shooting pellets.

It never really worked well in my Maverick, well at least at the 86 M distance i shot at back then.
But my past 10 or so hours of shooting at the range have been mainly pellets, and shooting them from 30 M to 123 M ( +130 yards )
With the wind that was there, well a measly little 10.4 or so grain or so .177 pellet get pushed around a lot, so in regard to working the wind a learning experience for sure.
At 93 M / 100 yards, with a rifle zeroed for the occasional 0 wind / very little wind, well if i was quick about it i could put 3 pellets on a 2" target before the wind was back.
With the wind there, well you got blown L / R about 1 - 5 inches when it was bad, and some times you also got blow down on the paper, very few high shots for natural reasons.

So the crossman domed pellets, well 1000 of them gone, and they work really well at the shorter ranges,
The JSB Heavy ones, well lagged a bit behind the crosman pellets, but it might be a speed issue i have NOT touched my regulator in 2 outings now, and my last 10 hours of shooting, unusual i have not had a chrono dangling off my rifle.

But the kicker pellet, the JTS dead centers,,,,, i got to get me some more of those CUZ at 100 yards, distinctive better than the other pellets i tried.

Also on a whim i brought the 10 grain JSB KO / MK 3 slugs,,,,, and daum, in not insignificant wind i was putting slugs on a thin wooden pole at 130 yards,,,,, and many in a row very few misses due to wind.
So i only had 1 tin of those,,,,,, THAT ! will soon change .

My friend shooting his .22 Cutlass, with the 15.something grain JSB pellets, well lets just say he is now a long range shooter too, though due to his old scope he can not hang at 130 yards, but 100 he do just fine with the old rifle.

Here is my first paper of yesterday shot at 100 yards, with the JTS pellets.
Bit of Chaos here, later i got to judge wind better, as in hold my shots to there was less of it, or the 3 wind flags was at least showing mostly the same direction, CUZ in 100 yards the wind was often 3 different directions.



Today i did short range stuff, pruning leaves and twigs of a tree, or shoot 1 hole groups in paper at 30 M
Both fairly easy due to surprising little wind early in the day.

At 53 BAR on the regulator, my long rifle was sipping air, i could get used to shooting like that ( around 930 fps )

Will be adding a video later on.